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Jacob Barker letter to Thomas Rotch, New York 10 mo 18th 1810

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Thos Rotch New York 10 mo 18th 1810
Dear Uncle,
I am favored with thy letter of the 10th by which I am pleased to observe the condition of our sheep. they will turn out a very fortunate speculation as the French will soon have Lisbon when no more will be exported from there, I calculate we shall get some & that some of my neighbors will get some, as a flock was expected at Lisbon when the last Vessel left there. Those two bucks have improved finely & I have let them out to S.B. Nichels off Satler Island. He is to put them to as many ewes as he thinks will go to & to return them to me next summer & to deliver to me next fall half the ewe lambs for the use of the bucks, which I consider

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Thos Rotch New York 10 mo 18th 1810
Dear Uncle,
I am favored with thy letter of the 10th by which I am pleased to observe the condition of our sheep. they will turn out a very fortunate speculation as the French will soon have Lisbon when no more will be exported from there, I calculate we shall get some & that some of my neighbors will get some, as a flock was expected at Lisbon when the last Vessel left there. Those two bucks have improved finely & I have let them out to S.B. Nichels off Satler Island. He is to put them to as many ewes as he thinks will go to & to return them to me next summer & to deliver to me next fall half the ewe lambs for the use of the bucks, which I consider